[HANASHIR:11681] Re: point of information

[I. Oppenheim <i.oppenheim...>]

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Sholom Simon wrote:

> >although the "trad" shema is a viennese waltz, it was
> >still written by sulzer.
>
> Pardon my ignorance here, but doesn't the above sentence contradict itself?
>  Unless you are saying Sulzer wrote the Vienese waltz?  (And the trad shema
> is not in 3/4 time!  -- So I'm _really_ confused).

The Shema that is usually referred to as "Traditional"
is by Lewandowski and is indeed in 3/4 time. This piece
is, together with Lewandowski's "Traditional" Kiddush,
probably his best known and most popular composition.

The Shema by Sulzer is also in 3/4 time, but is quite
monotonic.

Shabbat Shalom,

  Irwin Oppenheim
  i(dot)oppenheim (at) xs4all(dot)nl

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